Ran command accidentally
When I was meant to run chmod -R g+rw ./*
It got to /proc before I could stop it. What on earth should I do? The only way I can connect to ssh now is through the lish.
Many thanks.
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@TaMeD:
I accidentally ran chmod -R g+rw /*
When I was meant to run chmod -R g+rw ./*
It got to /proc before I could stop it. What on earth should I do? The only way I can connect to ssh now is through the lish.
Many thanks.
Problem was fixed ~ sorry for double post.
chmod -R g-w /*
did that, then fixed various things that still didn't work.
For what it's worth, "" is a shorter way to say "./", and leaves less room for typographical errors
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